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DANGEROUS. DRIVING NO DESPAIR ÎN. THE

CASES.

$20 for Not Sounding Horn.

LEARNER FINED HEAVILY

When two aummunes last

Kwok Lam-sheung, a student from Canton, for driving in a contrbled area with a learner's licence, and dangerous driting, were mentioned before Mr. Senfeld this morning, a representative appeared on behalf

defendant and pleased of the Guilty.

i

DEATH CELL.

Prison Governor

'Astounded."

MURDERERS COOL.

Murderers never break down in

THE CHINA

POPULAR POLİCE SERGEANT.

Being Invalided

Home..

LOSS TO FORCE.

MAIE!

BRITAINS'S NEW BUDGET.

(Continued from Page 1.)

practicability of absolutely pro- hibiting luxury imports-Reuter.

Warning Recalled.

Rugby, Yesterday. With the departure of Sergeant

In giving the figure of the the contemned cell or on their way Patrick Jesse Condon, who is being threatened deficit on the

invalided Home on the P. and O. year, Mr. Snowden reminded the That is the experience of Lieut. Cathay, which sails to-morrow, the House of the grave.

warning ha had given in February last and Colonel Charles E. P. Rich, D.S.D., Police Force" will lose

of the adjourn who has Just retires from the post its most popular members and again on the eve

ment in July regarding the of governor of Wandsworth Gadi, after thirty years in prison ser-

budgetary position.

to the gallows.

vive.

"It has always astounded me to

Learner's Erratic Course, Prosecuting, Trade-Inspector and murderers so cool and collect- Alexander said that defendant wasted even when they know there is driving ear

no hope of a reprieve," he said, in a taik with a Daily Express repre-

one of

kernest sportsman. He was one of those, who although he did not know the game well. would play just to He figured in complete the team. fcoolball, cricket, bowls, tennis, and almost every other sport...

Coming from Battersea, England, Sergeant Condon joined the force here on July 12, 1919, being then He soon made "I have never known a murder 23 years of age. or give way to despair in the con-numerous friends, and gained much He was prompted to demned cell, and I have never popularity.

on his way to the rank of Sergeant on November known one alter the gallows. No one can tell what 26, 1926. are their innermost thoughts but I have always found them, to all outward appearance, quite armov, ed.

sentative.

eurrent

Effect of Trade Depression. The trade depression he said, had reduced the yislf of tases and, at the same time, increased National expenditure. National income had beening and, while seven years ng the Unemployment Fund was paying its way and paying off its debt, this year it was costing the Exchequer about £100,000,000.

WE SIMPLY CANNOT WORK.

-The Dolour of the Mem

Sahib.

AN ACCOMPLISHED LOAFER.

The British memsahib in India is the most, accomplished loafer in the world. Whether it be due to an enervating climate, force of elf-

stance, or lack of initiative, the fact remains that she has reduced idlenesss to a fine art which, she practises asiduously throughout her service in this country.

To her sister at home a similar state of affairs is impossible. Her children, her home, and her various social obligations take up the great-

er part of her time.

;'

Out here these prime absorbers of time and energy simply do not exist. There are no houses with

stnire

nmids climb

staffed by post-war who are reluctant to them. Instead, there compact little bungalows

from the tramway terminus at Causeway Bay, through Whitfield, afung the Shaukiwan Road testund Quarry Bay. He Dist the polo followed the ear

defemiant and

drove ground,

Mr. Snowden explained that Gov through Whitfield which is a con-

ernment had decided that borrow trolled area) at a speed of about 30

ing for the Unemployment and miles an hour, his course being, not Past the

Road Funds must cease, though which can be run with straight one.

of a very

addition bend at Hong Kong Electric pre-

this involved £34,000,000 to the vote for the mises the defendant nerelerated his speel to 40 miles an hour and kept

• He was eventually: swerving. stopped a little way past the Ming Yuen Garden.

The defendant, who had a child, three young men, and a lady in the car, was told by the Inspector that he had acted very foolishly and that he-ought to be ashamed of disimself. When asked for his licence, de- learner's Tendant produced, 'a fiverce which he had had for, two The proscenting officer days only, added that one of the men in the car stated that defendant had driv ing experience in Cantoli,

Graded Punishments,

is an unplea "Hanging a mon sant job, but it has to be done. I would not abolish capital punish ment for the worst class of mur derers, but I do think there should be various degrees of murder, and that the. punishment should be graded according to the, enormity of the crime."

111

In 1921, he gained his First Aid Bedge, passing out also as a chine gunner and motor driver. On September 29, 1925, he was com- unded by H. E. the Governor (then

year. Sir Reginald Stubbs, K.C.M.G.). for

He put

the fall in revente ut £20,000,000-£25,000,000 on account excellent work done on the ocension of the Po Hing Fong disaster on of Inland Revenue and £4,000,000

He wps July 16, of the same year. also commended for his work duron account of Customs and Ex.

Cost of Hoover Plan to Britain. ing the succeeding period.

The suspension of War Debt pay- ments under the Hoover plan ae- counted for £30,000,000,

On his return from leave, early this year, Sergeant Condon com- plained of stomach trouble and had been a patient in hospital on three occasions. Early in August, he was taken again to the Government Civil Hospital, from where he will be taken on a stretcher to-morrow to the steamer.

сіне.

***Must Face Pedition." Therefore, Jurgé economies were essential and so were heavy in-

crazses taxation, he said. And

face up to the position.

he added that the country must

During the general strike in 1925, was connected Sergeant Condon with the anti-piracy guards and saw Colonel Rich has seen many pervice on the Ms. Tai Lee. In the

Mr. Snowden estimated the de- ficit on a full year from next changes in prison conditions since following-year, he was transferred but he is to the Guards, Office and then was he joined the service, not sure they are all for the best,arting Station Officer of the Fire April, if no changes were made in the present provisions for revenue "It seems to me there is a ten- Brigade for a considerable period.and expenditure, at £170,000,000. dency to be too 'sloppy' over pri- He has been stationed at Central,

"Concerts and Sai Kung and Yaumati Pines totaling $37 were im- zoners." he said.

Jectures are all very well, but a posed by his Worship.

Another instance of dangerous man should be made. to earn the brought to his privilege of attending, and he driving WAS Worship'a notice by Trafile-Sergeant should not be allowed to expect Baker who stated that he was rid-such relaxations' as a right. ing his solo motur cycle along Des Vaux Road West, in a westerly direction, when at the junction of Hillier Street, a Chinese drove a .car across the road without sound- This caused the ing the horn. Sergeant to pull up with unexpect The Sergeant ed, suddenness, added that a collision was avoided as bulb vehicles pulled up quickly. fuspector Alexander said that the defendant has quite a gond re- cor, having been commended by a Police Magistrate on offe occasion.

A fine of $20 was imposed...

QUID PRO QUO.

"Then there is a tendency to re- too lax discipline, and there is mach foolish sentiment wasted over prisoners.

"I am the first to agree that the

man, who wants to go straight should be given every chance, but at the same time it is as well to remember that there are hundreds of blackguards in the prisons of the country who have no intention of leading an honest life."

Saffering from a fractured right leg, the result of an accidental fall from a motor lorry which was in mation in Bonham Road, Wong Sao (45), a coolie was removed to the Government Civil Hospital: Here is a cricket story which is Chan On (26), a man, was also taken to hospital, suffering from a new to us.

fractured skull which is believed to have been caused by a fall from a moving trameer..

A junior club had arranged an afternoon fixture with a country term. The match, which was won by the visitors, proved most enjoy- able, and was followed by a high tea" with

sought out the home "skipper," and speeches. Congratulat stated that his team truly appre- ing the visitors on their victory, ciafed, the hospitality and would the home captain referred to the return it as soon as possible but he had thought that a quid for the pro, on pleasure which the match kiven to all, and hinted that there top of the travelling expenset, was might be a quid pro quo. The top much for the club's resources. visiting captain's reply was brief Would a "ten bob tip" meet the and non-committal. Later he case?.

Don't Suffer From The Hump.

Just take a firm grip on yourself and resolve to get rid of it. Pessimism is more a physical than a mental trouble and if you will pay a little attention to the needs of your internal organs you will soon find Illa cheerful and happy again."

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Mr. Snowden did not go into the details of the economy proposals

phasised that nine-tenths of the given in a white paper but em- items proposed were adopted and

the late approved by

Labour'

WOMAN'S CLAIM TO Cabinet before its resignation.

NOBILITY.

Marks on Body Like Coats of Arms.

SECRET OF BIRTH.

A curious claim by a woman who has no surname that she is the daughter of a duke and of a princess

belonging to famous Royal families is shortly to be examined by the Paris Civil Tribunal.

describes

this

War Loan Conversion.

are

ease and

economy by trained Indian servants.

Children are a minor considera- Lion. The birth-rate among the "sahib" population is very low, and the few children.one does come eros are not out here long enough

the result that the cares and pre- Occupations of motherhood are ex- to make their presence fell, with

tended over ʼn very limited period, if at all.

to

In many cases ayahs and order- lics bear the brunt of the children's upbringing, while their mother

explaining her sympathetic droopa over a cocktail at the club, friends that "Children are such a trial and make things so dificult!"

Entertaining out in this country is a pleasant and effortless proceed- The ecok and bearer between ings. them can be trusted to attend to all the detaile and, what, is more, to serve an excellent meal at ten minutes notice to any chance callers.

Her existence is comparable to that, of a certain class of sprioty at home an endless round of dances and games-but it lacks the ex- termal stimulus of necessity and difficulty which everyone experi-

In the course of his Budget speech, the Chancellor of the Ex-fences to a certain extent in the post- war Britain of to-day--EM.S, in chequer announced, that "the Fin- ance Bli would provide facilities The Evening News. for the conversion of the five per cont. War Loan to a lower rate of interest. It did not fix any parti- cular date, but he was making pro- vision so that he might seize the first suitable moment to launch the operation.

Opposition Criticism,

PLAYFUL BALKAN RIVER.

Antics Involve Diplomats.

Sofia, Bulgaria, July 16.. The weather here in the Balkans has just played a little jest on the serious European diplomats.

The Opposition's criticism of the Bulget was voiced by Mr. William Graham, late President of 'the The "Mutin",

Board of Trade, who said that the woman's efforts to discover the May Report did Great Britain very

Utterly regardless of the opinions He did mysterious secret of her birth. It serious damage abroad.

of Geneva or of Aristide Briand or not dispute that the new taxation of the Little Entente or of various appears, according to an entry in

had been distributed over a very patriotic societies and a register at the Mairie of the

crudite in First Arrondissement Parla wide field, but the Chancellor, he editors' it suddenly set out to revise This said, had not given a complete ple- the peace treaties, using as its that she was born in 1890, entry, which fa incomplete, was ture to show that the economy and chief conspirator the little river. taxation proposals together con- Bistritsa, which means limpid, and made in the margin next to one that has been, obliterated. At an stituted the promised "Equality of which is supposed to flow between

she was abandoned to sacrifice." He declared there was Bulgaria and Greece. early age the Poor Law authorities, and she abundant-reason, in the existing passed her youth in Normandy in circumstance, for complaint and extreme poverty. After many ad- ventures she reached Paris and succeeded in improving her posi-

tion.

Five years ago the doctors whom she visited, noticed sixteen strange scars similar in size and shape on her body, and expressed the opinion that they were old tat- too marks. Experts who examin-

This exuberant stream of playful clear water, spanned by bridges and his Party believed, even in these closely watched by two sets of times, that the Budget could be vigilant border guaris, is inscribed balanced without attacks upon Un-in history-making peace treaties, employment Insurance Benefits or bearing many ponderous seals, as Education.-British Wireless Ser- the boundary between these two Balkan states. And this is in keep- ing with proper diplomatie pro- cedure, for many European states are separated from their neighbours

vice.

"Let's Have a Pint. Before

Price Goes Up." "Anyhow-lat's have a pint be- fore the price goes up," remark-by rivers, |ed these scars came to the conclued members of the House of Com-

sion that a highly-skilled worker had tattooed sixteen Coats of arms on this woman's body when she was in her cradle, and that before she was three years old an attempt had been made to burn 'them out,

Two Famous Families. British and German authorities of heraldry who have studied photographs of the tattoo marks, have suggested that, taken to gether, they represent an alliance between two famous families One surprising fact is that the en- tries in the records of the Poor Law authorities concerning this woman state that she beare no astinctive marks, whereas refer ence should obviously have been made either to the tattooing or

mone in the lobby upon the con- clusion of the Budget speech. This typifies the resignation with which the country received Mr. Snowden's stinging imposts amid

..

But look what the Impetuous and impulsive Bistritea did. The rains descended and the floods came and the river overflowed its banke, wandered through Greece for a mile or so, leaving perfectly good Greek an unparalleled storm of cheers at meadows on the Bulgarian side and the conclusion of his speech. causing the diplomats grave con These cheers, however, are inter-ternation. preted to be more of a personal And what could they do, since it tribute to the Chancellor, and reis plainly written in the treaties lief that the Exchequer le solvent that the Bistritan is the border? with £32,500,000 to spare towards Nor are there any stipulations as, to debt reduction, than satisfaction where the Blatriten is to flow nor. with the methode adopted.

to what measures should be, taken If she decided to leave the way of her ancestors.

Conservatives Aghast. Conservatives notably were taken aback by the income tax bur- stritsa is the border and that's den. For example, a married man that, so don't those meadows it with two children and a salary of circled about belong to Bulgaria?, 600 pays £20 compared with £8 If not, the treaty, would have to be previously.

revised so as to deprive this sector" of the fickle river from being the

If it had been obliterated to the Labour Furious.

The Court is to be asked to help hor to establish her paternity.

the Tories and Liberals and bank ets."

On the other hand Liberal and Conservative organs are satisfied that the burdens of taxation have been distributed as equally as is posel

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The Labour Parties fary be-border. tokens the implacable opposition in So now in the heat of June Greek every stage of the legislative pro- soldiers, instead of conquering the greas which is in store for Govern world as once did Alexander, who mont's economy proposals;t was brought up in this vicinity, are

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picking, and shovelling to get The Daily Herald, bitterly at Bistritsa back into her old bed and tacks the inequality of sacrifice thus restore to the land of Mr. and angrily romarks: "Instead of Venizelos a handful of verdänt following the courses indicated by meadows, that had inadvertently his life work) Mr Snowden as strayed over into the yard of Mr. been deflected by the pressure of Llaptcheff.

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